只要

只要 zhǐyào in a sentence

If only (as long as)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 3 sentences

只要 (zhǐyào) means If only (as long as). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

From the graded readers

那时候 只要 十分钟。

nàshí hòu zhǐyào shífēn zhōng.

Then it only takes ten minutes.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School

价格也不贵, 只要 三百块。

jiàgé yěbù guì, zhǐyào sānbǎi kuài.

It wasn't expensive either — only three hundred yuan.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online

超市离我家很近,走路 只要 十分钟。

chāo shì lí wǒ jiā hěn jìn, zǒulù zhǐyào shífēn zhōng.

The supermarket is close to us — ten minutes on foot.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket

Questions about 只要

How is 只要 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 只要 (zhǐyào, "If only (as long as)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 只要 an HSK word?

Yes — 只要 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 只要?

The dictionary page for 只要 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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